One of the great things about virtualization is that it makes it incredibly easy to add a new server -- or 10, or 100 new servers.
- By Keith Ward
- February 25, 2008
It's no "reduced functionality mode"; still, Microsoft has other tricks to encourage those using pirated copies of Vista to upgrade to legitimate versions.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 25, 2008
While Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will publish key APIs and share its communications protocols was met with skepticism by the European Commission and other critics, .NET developers we talked with welcomed the step that Redmond had defiantly resisted until now.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 22, 2008
Although 54 percent of large enterprises around the globe rate management of their virtual server environment as a critical or high IT priority, fewer than half (45 percent) think their companies are doing it effectively, according to CA's global survey about virtualized environments released this week.
- By James E. Powell
- February 21, 2008
Microsoft Corp. today released a list of known programs that experience some sort of "loss of functionality" with Windows Vista SP1.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 21, 2008
Company's upcoming Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 now under Windows Essential Server Solutions umbrella.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft is stopping automatic distribution of an update required to install Vista SP1 following reports of faulty reboots on some machines.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft Corp. to give away Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server Standard and other software to college students worldwide.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 19, 2008
A fully baked beta release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 is now available for testing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 19, 2008
Microsoft announced the recent promotions of 14 executives, seven to senior vice president positions and seven others to corporate vice president.
- By Michael Domingo
- February 15, 2008
Migration to the Windows Vista operating system apparently isn't generating much enthusiasm among IT personnel in the enterprise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2008
E-mails that have come to light in the ongoing suit against Microsoft regarding its "Vista Capable" and "Vista Ready" labels for PCs show that even prominent executives within the company questioned the plan.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 13, 2008
Timed with the 2008 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week, Microsoft made announcements pushing its interests further into the consumer and global mobile market.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 13, 2008
The second Alfresco Open Source Barometer survey found a general trend toward the use of mixed open source and proprietary software in the enterprise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2008
For the February security bulletin release, Microsoft rolled out six "Critical" fixes -- rather than the seven detailed in the advanced notice.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- February 12, 2008